GUI frameworks for Java

I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions of frameworks to give an old desktop application a much needed facelift. The application has had a long life without an开发者_运维百科yone giving any attention to its exterior resulting in a monster with an 80s look.

I've just downloaded and tried MyDoggy framework for making windows floatable and dockable. So I'm looking similar for quick and easy fixes that will bring a dead looking application back to life.

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I think you don't want to rewrite your app, right? Because it seems as all the other guys think so, suggesting SWT and JavaFX.

To pimp your existing Swing App, take a look at jgoodies.com, the substance look and feel or the swinglabs

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Just changing the look and feel and some components might already help to give your application a second youth. Consider for example Violet which is IMO a nice looking application. It uses a custom theme based on the PgsLookAndFeel and some components from L2FProd.com.

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You could give Oracle's ADF a try.

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If you want to go with the latest and greatest, you could try JavaFX. Bu tof course using good old swing or the more OS agnostic SWT does the trick as well.

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There's ofcourse the Eclipse Rich Client Platform or the Netbeans Rich Client Platform.